'Bosporus' definitions:
Definition of 'Bosporus'
(from WordNet)
noun
A strait connecting the Mediterranean and the Black Sea; separates the European and Asian parts of Turkey; an important shipping route
Definition of 'Bosporus'
From: GCIDE
- Bosporus \Bos"po*rus\ (b[o^]s"p[-o]*r[u^]s), n. [L.] A strait or narrow sea between two seas, or a lake and a seas; as, the Bosporus (formerly the Thracian Bosporus) or Strait of Constantinople, between the Black Sea and Sea of Marmora; the Cimmerian Bosporus, between the Black Sea and Sea of Azof. [Written also Bosphorus.] [1913 Webster]